Where did the phrase baby boomer come from?

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All the people born in the 50s (not sure the exact timeframe) were considered 'baby boomers' because of the sheer number of them. For some reason A LOT of women got pregnant at the same time...I guess there was something in the water

Short Answer: Baby Boomers include a very large part of the population, but more to the point, since they have been around a long time and acquired a reserve of wealth young…er people have not been able to save up, they control over 80% of the personal financial assets and have more than 50% of of the discretionary spending power. Some industries, such as the medical industry and the travel industry, are very much dependent on them. Furthermore, they have organizations that lobby for them, and so they have a good deal of political clout..
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Five years ago, Honda introduced a new SUV the Element. This boxy car had an ad campaign targeting people in their twenties that featured the young generation cruising down to the beach with their own personal "dorm room on wheels" (usnews). However Honda's appeal to youth missed the mark, instead it triggered the interest of a much larger group, the baby boomers. During its first year the Element had an average age of buyers of 42(usnews). Several other cars made to target younger generations have been stolen by the baby boomers including the Toyota Matrix, the Pontiac Vibe and the Dodge Neon. But who are the baby boomers? Starting with a long period of decline in birth rates that had been down since the Industrial Revolution, a generation began to grow immediately after World War II. They are the baby boom of about 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 that have molded the world we know today. (bbhq).
Childhood for the baby boomers took place in a changing world. They experienced huge economic growth, job reform with more white collar work becoming available for men and woman, the looming Cold War and even the anticipation of space travel. With total economic growth during the 1950's and early 1960's there was a sense of competitiveness and the hope for individualism that grew in the boomer child even when I came down to who had the best toys. Inventions like the Credit Card , Video Recorder, and even the Crayola Crayon began an age of discontentment for the boomer child and a search for the best new thing. Just like their wartime mothers, postwar moms began finding jobs outside the home. With the assumption that kids were living in a safe neighborhood, many were left to fend for themselves. The boomers were the only generation to be raised under the perceived threat of Armageddon. During the Cold War Era, many families built bomb shelters in their own backyard. Boomer children were taught in school to "duck and cover" when air-raid sirens sounded. Sometimes sirens were tested after school when mothers were not yet home from work which was scary to and boomer child. Across the country all children in public schools knew how to stand clear of the chimney and go to the nearest door frame for safety, during the occasional siren test (Whitbourne). The lack of family values and togetherness changed the boomers and throughout childhood taught them to be independent and open minded. In the early to mid-seventies, as the leading edge of the baby boom generation was coming of age, America was undergoing another huge period of dynamic change. The Vietnam War had been raging for a number of years, the struggles for civil rights and women's rights were at their peak, and conservative values regarding everything from religion to sex were being questioned like no other time in history (bbhq). The voices in these debates were young people.The deaths of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., all left ideas in boomers' heads. As teens and young adults, many boomer activists pushed for new federal legislation to bring back the dreams of the Bill of Rights and FDR's ideas (Whitbourne). Most important of the American turmoil were the Civil Rights and Women's Rights movements. One accomplishment the Boomer generation speaking up can take credit for was their encouragement for increased representation of women and minorities, especially in higher education and the job world (bbhq). Boomers believed that a boost for new legislation would help equalize access to the American Dream. Among other things, times were turbulent as a result of many civil rights marches, "free love," rock music, drug experimentation and the Vietnam war. Now disappointed by authority the boomer generation turned to what they knew, themselves. Some with all of the political drama turned back to their childhood dreams and became "hippies." (Whitbourne) They came in groups, many having dropped out of school and hitch hiked across the country listening to music that fed their thoughts of a perfect life. Such music came from performers like Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Pink Floyd.

Actually, BabyBoomers was a term given to a generation that was born around 1945 - 1960. There WA sa bit of a population growth then and a boom of babies being born, hence the… name. Answer A person that is born into a town that is called a boom town. Like some of the old towns like some in California when all the gold rush came. They babies that were born in these towns are eras were called baby boomers. 1946 _______________________________________________________________________ Baby boomers was the term given to people who were born with in 20 years after world war 2

Baby boomers were the generation after World War II. Soldiers came home from the war and had lots of children, making the baby boomers the largest generation that the United …Stated had ever seen. The time period is debated but it is generally thought of as around 1946 -1960.

The phrase came out of San Francisco, California. It has beenthought it was Timothy O'leary to first use the phrase to giveinnocence to the drug culture. There was no "Baby-bo…om" after WWII.Actually, There was a percapita reduction in children born between1943 and 1964. The actual percapita "Baby-boom" was in the 1800 to1845 then again after 1964. But, the term BABYBOOMER GENERATION has to do with the DRUGCULTURE, and the Socialistic Movement in the USA.

It probably came about because when babies actually do sleep, they're very quiet. But if you think about it, what it really ought to mean is that you wake up every half-hour a…nd cry and want food. Which is probably why "sleeping like a log" is more popular.

Yes, and if I am tired, I'm not alone. We are millions who arefrustrated, it's because of the system they built for themselves.Babyboomers stick on thier jobs and control poli…tics. We are farmore educated than these guys and still we are told we must waitour turn. There is no place for Gen X,Y... Babyboomers have themoney and power, just look at tv commercials. Patience, let's calmdown soon this situation will change, we can wait even though weare exited by the idea they will retire... one day. Babyboomersleave the job market, it's our turn!

No- he was far too old to fit into that category, at least in the sense that it is used today. As, I understand it, the term refers to people were born soon after the soldiers… came back from WW II in 1945.

A education, a job you love and a salary you can live on, as safeplace to live, as many children as you can afford and want and/orhaving the choice of not have children if tha…t is the choice youmake, a partner to love and share life with (if you want) etc etc.Be able to live a decent life after retirement.